Archive Ruhr

While walking from the Schloßbrücke to the Wasserbahnhof back in September, I also shot a little bit of video, which I didn’t even want to post at first because it turned out a bit shaky. I’m not really used to shoot video with the heavy Sony camera, but I edited the footage a little bit and it was too good to just throw away. So here it is, with apologies for the camera noises and the occasional slight wobble.Youtube Version

This is the MS Bussard, the river policing ship that is almost always moored to one side of the ship’s lock entrance at Mülheim’s Wasserbahnhof. I’ve actually never seen it on the river itself, maybe it’s retired.

This is Mülheim’s actual Wasserbahnhof, the round building with its distinctive pointy roof that houses the headquarters of the Weisse Flotte and a restaurant. It was originally built in the mid-1920s and was extensively renovated in the early 1990s.